The yeast plasma membrane H
+-ATPase isolation procedure was improved; a highly pureenzyme (90-95%) was obtained after centrifugation on a trehalose concentration gradient. H
+-ATPasekinetics was slightly cooperative: Hill number = 1.5,
S0.5 = 800
M ATP, and turnover number = 36s
-1. In contrast to those of other P-type ATPases, H
+-ATPase fluorescence was highly sensitive to nucleotidebinding; the fluorescence decreased 60% in the presence of both 5 mM ADP and AMP-PNP. Fluorescencetitration with nucleotides allowed calculation of dissociation
constants (
Kd) from the binding site;
Kdvalues for ATP and ADP were 700 and 800
M, respectively. On the basis of amino acid sequence andhomology model
analysis, we propose that binding of the nucleotide to the N-domain is coupled to themovement of a loop
structure and to the exposure of the Trp505 residue located in the loop. Therecombinant N-domain also displayed a large hyperbolic fluorescence quenching when ATP binds; however,it displayed a higher affinity for ATP (
Kd = 100
M). We propose for P-type ATPases that structuralmovements during nucleotide binding could be followed if a Trp residue is properly located in the N-domain.Further, we propose the use of trehalose in enzyme purification protocols to increase the purity and qualityof the isolated protein and to perform structural studies.